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2008 SESSION


CHAPTER 587
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.2-1224.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local ordinances regulating parking of certain vehicles.
[H 885]
Approved March 12, 2008

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 46.2-1224.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-1224.1. Local ordinances regulating certain parking; penalty.

The governing body of any county having the county manager plan of government may by ordinance prohibit idling the engine of a bus for more than ten 10 minutes when the bus is parked, left unattended, or is stopped for other than traffic or maintenance reasons. The governing body of any other county, city, or town may by ordinance prohibit idling the engine of a bus for more than 15 minutes when the bus is parked, left unattended, or is stopped for any reason other than traffic, maintenance, or loading or unloading a disabled passenger.

Violators of such ordinance shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed fifty dollars $50, the proceeds from which shall be paid into the county's locality's general fund.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to school buses or public transit buses.